Lipohyperplasia of the ileo-caecal valve causing appendicitis

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 76-77

  Smith, Stephen R ^a,b   Fenton, Linda ^a  

^a Maitland Hospital   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Ileo caecal valve; Lipohyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOCECAL VALVE; LIPOHYPERTROPHY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

APPENDICITIS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; ILEAL DISEASES; ILEOCECAL VALVE; LIPOMATOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033980845     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01752.x     Document Type: Article

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